BRENTFORD defender Tony Craig has admitted that he and his teammates could encourage ballboys to waste time today when they face Chelsea in their FA Cup fourth round tie.

Charlie Morgan is helped back to his feet after being kicked by Hazard

Just hours after Chelsea’s Eden Hazard was charged with violent conduct after being sent off for kicking a ballboy who shielded the ball, Craig – whose words are sure to incense their opponents – said: “I won’t lie. If it’s the 89th minute and you have to tell the ball boy to calm it down a little bit, then so be it.

“Every little helps, as they say. If there is a little advantage to yourselves, then do it. We have nothing to lose against Chelsea. We just have to enjoy it.”

If there is a little advantage to yourselves, then do it. We have nothing to lose against Chelsea

Tony Craig

Hazard, who will miss today’s cup tie, will also be banned for at least three Premier League games over the incident in which he kicked the ball from under 17-year-old Charlie Morgan, as the Swansea director’s son appeared to smother it to waste time.